Ouidah : the social history of a West African slaving 'port', 1727-1892 /
Ouidah, an African town in the Republic of Benin, was the principal precolonial commercial center of its region and the second-most-important town of the Dahomey kingdom. It served as a major outlet for the transatlantic slave trade.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
2004.
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Colección: | Western African studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins: Ouidah before the Dahomian conquest
- The Dahomian conquest of Ouidah
- Dahomian Ouidah
- The operation of the Atlantic slave trade
- De Souza's Ouidah: the era of the illegal slave trade 1815-39
- The era of transition: from slaves to palm oil 1840-57
- Dissention & decline: Ouidah under King Glele 1858-77
- From Dahomian to French rule 1878-92.